Trimdon Grange Wind Farm

Trimdon Grange Wind Farm
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CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Locationnear Trimdon Grange, County Durham
Coordinates54°42′47″N 1°25′10″W / 54.7130°N 1.41944°W / 54.7130; -1.41944
StatusOperational
Commission dateOctober 2008
OwnerEDF Energy
Site elevation446 ft
Power generation
Units operational4 × 1.3 MW
Make and modelNordex: N60
Nameplate capacity5.2 MW

Trimdon Grange Wind Farm is an onshore wind farm near Trimdon Grange, County Durham, England. Commissioned in October 2008 it consists of four 1.3 MW Nordex N60 turbines giving a total capacity of 5.2 MW. It was developed by EDF and is operated by Cumbria Wind Farms.[1][2]

The proposed location of the wind farm caused controversy in 2004 when an agent of Tony Blair, then Prime Minister, wrote to a local action group, Trimdon Area Group Against Wind Farms, claiming that the site was unsuitable. The location is about one mile from Tony Blair's old constituency house.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "RenewableUK - UKWED Operational wind farms". Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Trimdon Grange (United-Kingdom) - Wind farms - Online access - the Wind Power".
  3. ^ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/pandora/wind-farms-not-on-the-prime-ministers-doorstep-thanks-689504.html [dead link]